When every blessed thing you hold Is made of silver, or of gold, You long for simple pewter. From LearnThat.org. [William S. Gilbert (1836-1911)]
Dunn spent his first five seasons in pewter before a six-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons. From Wordnik.com. [Bucs need healthy Garcia in the huddle to take next playoff step] Reference
That has to be very cool to see your literary creations made corporeal in pewter (and then hand painted!). From Wordnik.com. [Pick Your Pewter Poison] Reference
Reaper does everything on site, from sculpting the minis, to casting them in pewter, to sorting, packaging, and shipping out internet orders. From Wordnik.com. [PvPonline » Archive » Reaping What We Sow] Reference
I mean, pewter is not that expensive, folks!. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight Lexicon » Twilight the Board Game] Reference
This is not to defend Westminster's denizens who tried to bilk taxpayers for items such as pewter-finish radiators, moat-cleanings and swimming pool upkeep. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on a British Scandal] Reference
You can of course get goblets made out of materials such as pewter and glass or if you are feel particularly adventurous you can also get gold or silver goblets. From Wordnik.com. [Goblet Items | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Real pewter is an alloy of nickle and tin. From Wordnik.com. [Beaches -- Enviro Issues] Reference
Down here dey're da kind we call pewter gods. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
Barn listed the color as "pewter", the silver has a greenish tint to it as well. From Wordnik.com. [craigslist | all for sale / wanted in new york city] Reference
Finishes include antique bronze and rustic pewter, among others. From Wordnik.com. [International Builders’ Show Product Preview: Kwikset SmartKey] Reference
Copeland of Chuckatuck, in Nansemond County, was fashioning pewter. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Take of pewter 4 parts, tin 1 part, bismuth 1 part; melt them together. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
The fire lit up the room and made the pewter dishes on the dresser shine. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
Here, rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
How much damage could a crazed tourist do with a 6-inch pewter replica of Lady Liberty?. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Lonely Liberty] Reference
The pewter pots tire her arm, unaccustomed, now to rubbing anything but diamond trinkets. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
A solitary life, a life of small horizons dull as the pewter skies over North West Eleven. From Wordnik.com. [The Ballads of Richard Thompson] Reference
O'Malley gave Sasha and her two young cousins pewter pillboxes engraved with the state seal. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Obama, Sasha visit Md. State House] Reference
See, see, they are taking away the soup tureen, the dried flowers, the pewter and the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Off the Knives] Reference
Here the pewter plates, and the iron knives, forks, and spoons are chained to the massive tables. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
Something wretchedly fine with the Tory feel of a pewter mug, the pinched bouquet of pickled beets. From Wordnik.com. [To No Avail] Reference
Take 4 parts of pewter, 1 of tin, and 1 of bismuth, melt them together, and run them into thin slips. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Again the jester returned to the tap-room, where he found the landlord polishing the pewter tankards. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Iron spoons were good enough for the daintiest mouth; and a full set of pewter was a household treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
In the chancel is a pewter alms dish, with the name “Bucknall,” and the date, hardly legible, “1680.”. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Myra lives in jeans and sweats, the color of unbleached sand or pewter or sometimes ocean blue like her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Girl Friends] Reference
She fetches a handful of grain from the barn, flings it into their midst, and returns singing to her pewter polishing. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Some alloys of lead, such as solder and pewter (lead and tin), shot (lead and arsenic), and soft bearing metals, are widely used. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Aunt Hannah took her seat behind an oblong tray of dark japaned tin, on which stood a conical little pewter tea-pot, bright as silver, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
All were held in candlesticks, made of wire, brass, pewter, copper, or iron, the more elegant, of silver, with snuffers of the same metals. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
It's like -- I should let you sing it but it's, ` A solitary life, a life of small horizons, dull as the pewter sky over North West Eleven. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Ballads of Richard Thompson] Reference
It comes in all colors, including a special edition of the car in a deep, rich, pewter, with black ash-wood trim and cognac-colored leather seats. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
Mom had placed it in the middle of the kitchen table, where she had previously kept her great-grandmother's pewter candelabra on permanent display. From Wordnik.com. [Going Green] Reference
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